Le leta ilandelayo isiwa kwi-ofisi yommeli we-UN yaseNew York kuzo zonke izizwe ezisemhlabeni:
INdibano yeZizwe eziManyeneyo yalo nyaka iza ngexesha elibalulekileyo eluntwini – imizuzu emi-3 ukuya ezinzulwini zobusuku kwiBulletin yeAtomic Scientists' Doomsday Clock. Ukuqaphela indima ephambili yelizwe lethu kule ngxaki, abantu baseMelika abayi-11,644 kunye nemibutho engama-46 yase-US basayine oku. "Aisibongozo esivela eUnited States ukuya kwihlabathi: Sincede sixhathise ubugebenga base-US, " esibathobelayo kubo bonke oorhulumente behlabathi. Nceda usebenzisane noogxa bakho kwiNdibano yeZizwe eziManyeneyo ukuphendula kwesi sibheno.
Isibheno sityikityiwe apha: http://bit.ly/usappeal Abasayini bokuqala abayi-11,644 kunye nezimvo zabo ziqulethwe kuxwebhu lwePDF apha: http://bit.ly/usappealsigners
Ukususela ekupheleni kweMfazwe ebandayo, i-United States yaseMelika iye yaphula ngokucwangcisiweyo ukuvinjelwa ngokuchasene nosongelo okanye ukusetyenziswa kwamandla aqulethwe kwi-UN Charter kunye ne-Kellogg Briand Pact. Iveze inkqubo yokungohlwaywa kulwaphulo-mthetho olusekwe kwi-veto yeBhunga loKhuseleko le-UN, ukungaqatshelwa kweenkundla zamazwe ngamazwe kunye “nemfazwe yolwazi” ephucukileyo ejongela phantsi ulawulo lomthetho ngezizathu zezopolitiko kwezinye izoyikiso ezingekho mthethweni kunye nokusetyenziswa kwamandla.
Owayesakuba ngumtshutshisi waseNuremberg uBenjamin B. Ferencz uye wathelekisa umgaqo-nkqubo wangoku wase-US kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo ongekho mthethweni waseJamani othi "preemptive first strike" apho amagosa aphezulu aseJamani agwetyelwa ubundlobongela eNuremberg kwaye agwetyelwe ukufa ngokuxhonywa.
Ngo-2002, uSenator wase-US ongasekhoyo u-Edward Kennedy wachaza imfundiso yasemva kwe-11 kaSeptemba yase-US “njengekhwelo le-21st yenkulungwane yama-impiriyali yaseMelika ekungekho nelinye ilizwe elinokwamkela okanye elifanele ukuyamkela.” Ukanti urhulumente wase-US uphumelele ekuhlanganiseni umanyano kunye “nemanyano” yethutyana ukuxhasa izoyikiso kunye nohlaselo kuthotho lwamazwe ekujoliswe kuwo, ngelixa amanye amazwe emile ethe cwaka okanye ehexa kwiinzame zawo zokuxhasa umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe. Enyanisweni, i-US ilandele umgaqo-nkqubo wezozakuzaku ophumeleleyo "wokwahlula kwaye woyise" ukuze kuthintelwe inkcaso yehlabathi kwiimfazwe eziye zabulala abantu abamalunga nezigidi ezi-2 kwaye zangena ilizwe emva kwelizwe kwisiphithiphithi esinganyangekiyo.
Njengabameli bemibutho yasekuhlaleni e-United States, abemi base-US abasayiniweyo kunye namaqela enkxaso bathumela esi sibheno sikaxakeka kubamelwane bethu kwilizwe lethu elixhaphakileyo kodwa elisongelwayo. Siyakucela ukuba uyeke ukubonelela ngenkxaso yomkhosi, yezozakuzo okanye yezopolitiko kwizisongelo zase-US okanye ukusetyenziswa kwamandla; kunye nokuxhasa amalinge amatsha entsebenziswano kunye nobunkokeli bamazwe ngamazwe, engalawulwa yi-United States, ukuphendula kuhlaselo kunye nokulungisa iingxabano zamazwe ngamazwe ngoxolo njengoko kufunwa nguMqulu we-UN.
Siyathembisa ukuxhasa kunye nokusebenzisana neenzame zamazwe ngamazwe zokumelana nokunqanda uhlaselo olucwangcisiweyo lwelizwe lethu kunye nobunye ulwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe. Sikholelwa ukuba ihlabathi elimanyeneyo ukuxhasa uMqulu weZizwe eziManyeneyo, ulawulo lomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe kunye nobuntu bethu obufanayo lunako kwaye kufuneka lunyanzelise ukuthotyelwa kwe-US nomthetho womthetho ukuzisa uxolo oluhlala luhleli kwihlabathi sonke esabelana ngalo.